British style beans you say? What does that mean? Well from what I can tell American baked beans tend to be a lot sweeter and the sauce tends to start with some sort of meat product. Predominantly pork product as I can tell.

British style beans tend to be a thinner tomato based sauce. They can have carrots, onion or celery in them. They are definitely less sweet then the American version but still have a little molasses or brown sugar in them. The recipe I based mine off of had both.

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Ingredients

• 1 can black eyed peas
• 1 can Navy beans
• 1 small can tomato sauce
• 1 cup vegetable stock
• 1 shallot, diced
• 1 jalapeno, diced
• 2 garlic cloves, diced
• 2 bay leaves
• 3 tbsp tomato paste
• 3 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 3 tbsp Worcester sauce.
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 2 tbsp honey
• 1 tsp cornstarch
• 1 tbsp oil
• Salt/pepper

Directions

1. In a medium size pot place oil and cook on medium heat till it moves in the pan like water. Place shallot and jalapeno and cook till the shallot gets translucent.
2. Add the garlic and cook another 3 minutes. Add vegetable stock and tomato sauce. Add the cornstarch and stir to combine. Add tomato paste and stir to combine. It will thicken your sauce.
3. Add your beans and the rest of your ingredients one at a time.
4. Cook for roughly 15 minutes until the sauce thickens.
5. Serve with barbeque or just on toast.